This category is for applicators using or supervising the use of any restricted use pesticides purposefully applied to standing or running water, excluding applicators engaged in public-health-related activities included in Category 8. Performing "aquatic pest control activities" includes, but is not limited to, the use of any pesticide with the intent to prevent, destroy, repel or otherwise mitigate any pest of publicly or privately owned waters, including ponds, lakes, oceans, rivers, streams, reservoirs, and impoundments, whether or not they are navigable, for compensation on the property of another or as a government employee, including the installation of devices. Aquatic pest control activities also includes the soliciting, advertising, or making of sales proposals in any form for any services involving the use of pesticides or devices with the intent to prevent, destroy, repel, or otherwise mitigate any pest of publicly or privately owned waters, including ponds, lakes, oceans, rivers, streams, reservoirs, and impoundments, whether or not they are navigable, for compensation on the property of another. (SCPCA 2006)
Q. What is South Carolina's most troublesome aquatic weed?
Q. What are the aquatic plant management responsibilities of the Water Resources Division of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources?
Q. What is the role of the S.C. Aquatic Plant Management Council?
Q. What resource is available for management of aquatic plants in private waters?
Q. Who makes up the membership of the S.C. Aquatic Plant Management Society, a nonprofit organization formed in 1978 to promote the management of noxious aquatic plants?
Q. How do algae and aquatic macrophytes act as the basis of the food chain?
Q. What is the purpose of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)?
Q. What are restricted-use pesticides (RUPs)?
Q. What is meant by the triple-rinse method?
Q. Who should you contact to find out more information on the pesticide container recycling program in South Carolina?
Q. How may new infestations of noxious weeds be quarantined and controlled or eradicated under the Noxious Weed Act?
Q. What makes up a herbicide formulation?
Q. Why are contact herbicides more effective on annual plants?
Q. What is meant by cell division?
Q. What is meant by preemergence?
Q. What is meant by a plant growth regulator?
Q. What is photosynthesis?
Q. What is meant by broad spectrum and when is it used?
Q. How does lack of rainfall affect herbicide efficacy?
Q. How does temperature affect herbicide efficacy?
Q. What methods might you use when controlling aquatic weeds in flowing water?
Q. What kind of soil has greater capacities for binding herbicides?
Q. What is the importance of numerical values on the pH scale?
Q. What is turbidity?
Q. What causes water hardness and how is it expressed?
Q. What precautions should be taken when obtaining make-up water for tank mixes?
Q. What are the advantages and disadvantages of granules?
Q. What are advantages and disadvantages of using wettable powders?
Q. What is the most common route of exposure for acute toxicity?
Q. What are the most common causes of chronic toxicity?
Q. What are causes of oral exposure?
Q. What is the minimum requirement of protective clothing?
Q. What kind of gloves should be worn when handling concentrates?
Q. What type of hats and boots should be avoided when applying pesticides?
Q. What kind of face protection should be worn anytime concentrate is handled?
Q. What is the difference between adjuvants and surfactants?
Q. What are some examples of activator adjuvants and what is their purpose?
Q. What is the purpose of spray-modifier adjuvants and what are some examples?
Q. What is the purpose of utility-modifier adjuvants and what are some examples of each?
Q. When is the spray-tank method of application practical for treating aquatic weeds?
Q. What is the importance of maintaining good agitation during a spray-tank application?
Q. When is a hydraulic agitation system inadequate?
Q. When is hose size important?
Q. What are the benefits of using diaphragm pumps?
Q. What is the importance of the spray nozzle during chemical applications?
Q. What is the difference between an invert emulsion and a normal emulsion?
Q. On water, how would you go about measuring applications based on area?
Q. What is meant by the term calibration and why is it so important?
Q. Why is maintaining constant application rate when applying aquatic herbicides difficult?
Q. Why must separate calibration tables must be made for different sized pellets and granules?
Q. What types of natural controls keep native plant communities in balance?
Q. What is the difference between the introduction approach and the augmentation-manipulation approach to biological control?
Q. Why should carp be at least 12 inches long at stocking?
Q. Why is annual restocking of tilapia necessary in South Carolina?
Q. What three insects have been successfully released for the control of alligatorweed?
Q. What three species of insects have been released for control of waterhyacinth and which was the most effective?
Q. What is a disadvantage to using plant pathogens for biological control of aquatic weeds?
Q. Why is mechanical removal not practical for large bodies of water?
Q. What are some of the disadvantages associated with mechanical harvesting?
Q. How is water level manipulation used for aquatic plant management?
Q. In what season and to what extent of time should drawdown be conducted for best results?
Q. What are methods of reducing light penetration to control submersed aquatic plants?
Q. What kind of personal safety precautions should an applicator take when applying rotenone?
Q. What kind of environmental precautions should be taken when using rotenone?
Q. Why is lowering the water level when treating with rotenone recommended and who is responsible for non-target fish kills downstream?
Q. How many years of research is required before an aquatic herbicide is labeled by EPA?
Q. When making partial applications of herbicides that can be toxic to fish at use rates, why should you begin applications near shore and proceed toward open water?
Q. What is the average time for complete decomposition of 2,4-D?
Q. What are the naturally occurring compounds which occur when endothall is broken down?
Q. What are some advantages of maintenance control of plants at low levels before they reach a problem level?
Q. What is one reason why public education is an important part of a successful maintenance control program?
Q. What are the purposes of plant taxonomy?
Q. Why is correct identification of aquatic plants so vital to aquatic herbicide applicators?
Q. In South Carolina, how can positive identification of aquatic plant species be obtained?
Q. Why is it helpful to use the official common name that is accepted by the Weed Science Society of America or other standardized listing?
Q. What is the difference between submersed, emersed, floating and floating leaf plants?
Q. What are the three separate growth forms of algae?